Bilangan 21:17

21:17 Then Israel sang ¹  this song:

“Spring up, O well, sing to it!

Hakim-hakim 5:1-2

Celebrating the Victory in Song

5:1 On that day Deborah and Barak son of Abinoam sang this victory song: ² 

5:2 “When the leaders took the lead ³  in Israel,

When the people answered the call to war –

Praise the Lord!

1 Samuel 22:1

David Goes to Adullam and Mizpah

22:1 So David left there and escaped to the cave of Adullam. When his brothers and the rest of his father’s family ⁴  learned about it, they went down there to him.

1 Samuel 22:1

David Goes to Adullam and Mizpah

22:1 So David left there and escaped to the cave of Adullam. When his brothers and the rest of his father’s family ⁵  learned about it, they went down there to him.

1 Tawarikh 16:9

16:9 Sing to him! Make music to him!

Tell about all his miraculous deeds!

Ayub 36:24

36:24 Remember to extol ⁶  his work,

which people have praised in song.

Mazmur 59:17

59:17 You are my source of strength! I will sing praises to you! ⁷ 

For God is my refuge, ⁸  the God who loves me. ⁹ 

[21:17]  ¹ tn After the adverb “then” the prefixed conjugation has the preterite force. For the archaic constructions, see D. N. Freedman, “Archaic Forms in Early Hebrew Poetry,” ZAW 72 (1960): 101-7. The poem shows all the marks of being ancient.

[5:1]  ² tn The words “this victory song” are supplied in the translation for clarification.

[5:2]  ³ tn The meaning of the Hebrew expression בִּפְרֹעַ פְּרָעוֹת (bifroa’ pÿra’ot) is uncertain. Numerous proposals are offered by commentators. (For a survey of opinions, see B. Lindars, Judges 1-5, 223-27.) The next line refers to the people who responded to Barak’s summons to war, so a reference to the leaders who issued the summons would provide a natural poetic parallel. In v. 9 the leaders (חוֹקְקֵי, khoqÿqey) of the people and these same volunteers stand in poetic parallelism, so it is reasonable to assume that the difficult Hebrew term פְּרַעוֹת (pÿra’ot, v. 2a) is synonymous with חוֹקְקֵי (khoqÿqey) of v. 9 (see Lindars, 227).

[22:1]  ⁴ tn Heb “house.”

[22:1]  ⁵ tn Heb “house.”

[36:24]  ⁶ tn The expression is “that you extol,” serving as an object of the verb.

[59:17]  ⁷ tn Heb “my strength, to you I will sing praises.”

[59:17]  ⁸ tn Or “my elevated place” (see Ps 18:2).

[59:17]  ⁹ tn Heb “the God of my loyal love.”